Primary Production of Food
Objectives
At the end of the course the student should:
a) Know what agriculture is and be able to describe production systems (conventional agriculture, industrial agriculture, integrated production, organic production, precision agriculture)
b) Develop an integrated view of agriculture and its multifunctionality. Know the social and economic importance of agriculture as management of natural resources.
c) Know the general operations of cultures including soil preparation, sowing and planting, fertilizing, watering, pruning, plant managing, plant protection and harvesting. Know the scientific and technical language of agronomy.
d) Describe the different types of operating systems used in the animal production chain. Assess the possible impacts of management techniques applied on the qualitative nature of the characteristics of animal products.
General characterization
Code
41003
Credits
Available soon
Responsible teacher
PEDRO ARNALDO DE SOUSA E SILVA REIS,ANA FILIPA DA SILVA ALVES,ANA CATARINA DOMINGUES PEREIRA SANTOS,SUSANA ISABEL MATEUS SANTOS
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 0
Teaching language
PT
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
Not applicable
Teaching method
The course is organized in lectures -2 weekly lectures for all students (50 min); 1 class per week of 2 h, with a max of 15 students. These classes may be fieldwork which takes place at INIAV headquarters, Oeiras and may also include study visits, or in classrooms when they perform case studies. This UC will have the collaboration of teachers from the different INIAV research units.
Evaluation method
The evaluation (0-20) has a practical component, two intermediate evaluations and a final exam. The assessment of the practicals is continuous (40%), and takes into account the following criteria: i) performance and attendance of students; quality of the practical and visits reports; attitude and knowledge demonstrated by the students (10%); ii) and one case-study presentation (30%). The two intermediate evaluations is a multiple choice written exam, divided by plant production and animal production and it covers all the theoretical and practical topics taught and is equivalent to 60% of the final grade. The presence in the final examination is conditional to attendance to at least 2/3 of the practical classes, fieldwork and field visits and a practical grade of at least 9.5.
Subject matter
1) Plant Production
1.1) farming systems (objectives, principles, regulations, certification);
1.2) traditional agriculture and industrial agriculture;
1.3) sustainable agricultural systems (integrated production, organic production, precision agriculture) and other systems (biodynamic farming, permaculture);
1.4) case studies (objectives, marketing, regulation, control strategies of pests and diseases);
1.5) introduction to horticulture: concepts, importance of the sector, trends, challenges;
1.6) installation of crops: crop selection and mode of production, selection and characterization of the installation site, site preparation, culture installation;
1.7) protected crops: typologies, environmental conditioning in greenhouses: objectives and importance, available tools ;
2) Animal Production
2.1) characterization of primary production in Portugal;
2.2) the animal production as primary unit;
2.3) productive planning;
2.4) importance of animal feed control in food safety.